assistantship [uh-sis-tuh nt-ship] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- a form of financial aid awarded to a student studying for a graduate degree at a college or university in which the student assists a professor, usually in academic or laboratory work.
Origin of assistantship First recorded in 1690–1700; assistant + -ship Examples from the Web for assistantship Historical Examples of assistantship
I am offered a lectureship here with an ample salary, or an assistantship on equal terms, by Trent.
Ralph Connor
He had already been almost promised an assistantship to the head of the Educational District.
Feodor Sologub
The word came hard as though the fact of an assistantship were at the least distasteful.
Walt Richmond